A stacked integrated circuit structure, in which main package bodies of a plurality of integrated circuits are stacked on each other. Connections between leads of the stacked integrated circuits are made by means of a stacking substrate. Therein, each of two surfaces of the stacking substrate has a plurality of terminals electrically connected to corresponding terminals. The stacking substrate includes a plurality of through vias as well, which connect to the corresponding terminals of the two surfaces. For two stacked integrated circuits, a hole can be defined in the stacking substrate, which housed the main package body of one of the two stacked integrated circuits, or by means of a plurality of separated substrates arranged around the perimeter of the main package body of one of the two stacked integrated circuits, so that the thickness of the stacked integrated circuits can be reduced.
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1. A stacked integrated circuit structure, comprising:
a plurality of integrated circuits each at least having a main package body and a plurality of leads, wherein the leads have a plurality of inner leads and a plurality of outer leads, the main package bodies of the integrated circuits are stacked on each other; a substrate located between the outer leads of every two adjacent integrated circuits, the substrate having a central space, a first surface, and a second surface, wherein each surface includes a plurality of terminals on the first surface and the second surface, the substrate includes a plurality of conductive through vias electrically connected to the corresponding terminals on the first surface and the second surface, the terminals are also located corresponding to the leads positions, the central space houses the main package body of one of the two integrated circuits, with the leads of the selected integrated circuit connected to the respective terminals on the first surface, and another adjacent integrated circuit with the leads connected to the respective terminals on the second surface.
6. A stacked integrated circuit structure, comprising:
a plurality of integrated circuits each at least having a main package body and a plurality of outer leads located along an edge of the main package body, wherein the main package bodies of the integrated circuits are stacked on each other; and a plurality of substrates located between the outer leads of every two adjacent integrated circuits, and located at a lateral edge of the main package body of a first of two adjacent integrated circuits, each of the substrates having a first surface, and a second surface, wherein each of the surfaces includes a plurality of terminals, each of the substrates includes a plurality of conductive through vias electrically connected to the corresponding terminals on the first surface and the second surface, the terminals are also located corresponding to the outer leads positions, and the outer leads of the first integrated circuit between the substrates are connected to the respective terminals on the first surfaces, with a second adjacent integrated circuit mounted on the second surfaces of the substrates with the outer leads connected to the respective terminals on the second surfaces.
10. A stacked memory module structure, comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of first holes, a first surface, and a second surface, wherein each of the surfaces includes a plurality of first terminals, and the substrate includes a plurality of first through vias electrically connected to the corresponding first terminals on the first and the second surfaces, the substrate also including a plurality of recesses located on the first surface between the first holes; a plurality of first integrated circuits each at least having a main package body and a plurality of outer leads located along an edge of the main package body, the main package body of each first integrated circuit being mounted inside the first hole, with the outer leads of each first integrated circuit electrically connected to the respective first terminals on the first surface locted around a periphery of the correspondind first hole; a plurality of second integrated circuits, each at least having a main package body and a plurality of outer leads located along an edge of the main package body, wherein each of the second integrated circuits aligned on the second surface corresponds to a position of the first integrated circuit, the main package bodies of the second integrated circuits are stacked on the respective main package bodies of the first integrated circuits, with the outer leads of each of the second integrated circuits electrically connected to the respective first terminals on the second surface located around the periphery of the corresponding first hole; and a module circuit board having at least a plurality of traces, a plurality of electronic elements, and a plurality of golden fingers on its surface, wherein the electronic elements are electrically connected to the traces, and the golden fingers which are located along an edge of the module circuit board are electrically connected to the traces; wherein the substrate, together with the first integrated circuits and the second integrated circuits, are mounted on the module circuit board by use of the first surface, so that the first terminals on the first surface are electrically connected to the traces, and the electronic elements are received inside the recesses.
14. A stacked memory module structure, comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of first hole, a first surface, and a second surface, wherein each of the surfaces includes a plurality of first terminals, and the substrate includes a plurality of first through vias electrically connected to the corresponding first terminals on the first and the second surface, the substrate also including a plurality of recesses located on the first surface between the first holes and a plurality of first traces electrically connected to the first terminals; a plurality of first integrated circuits each at least having a main package body and a plurality of outer leads located along an edge of the main package body, and the main package body of each of the first integrated circuits mounted inside the first hole, with the outer leads of each of the first integrated circuits electrically connected to the respective first terminals of the first surface located around a periphery of the corresponding first hole; a plurality of second integrated circuits each at least having a main package body and a plurality of outer leads located along an edge of the main package body, wherein each of the second integrated circuits aligned on the second surface corresponds to a position of the first integrated circuit, the main package bodies of the second integrated circuits are stacked on the respective main package bodies of the first integrated circuits, with the outer leads of each of the second integrated circuits electrically connected to the respective first terminals on the second surface located around the periphery of the corresponding first hole; a plurality of electronic elements, each received inside the respective recesses and electrically connected to the first terminals; and a module circuit board having at least a plurality of second traces and a plurality of golden fingers on its surface, the golden fingers which located along an edge of the module circuit board electrically connected to the second traces; wherein the substrate, together with the first integrated circuits, the second integrated circuits, and the electronic elements, is mounted on the module circuit board by use of the first surface, so that the first terminals on the first surface are electrically connected to the second traces.
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a die attached on a die pad, wherein the die has an active surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface is adhered onto the die pad; a plurality of bonding pads on the die; a plurality of wires connected to the bonding pads of the die at a peripheral region of the active surface of the die and the inner leads; and an insulating material encapsulating the die, the die pad, the wires and the inner leads.
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a plurality of third integrated circuits stacked on the second integrated circuits, each of the third integrated circuits at least having a main package body and a plurality of leads located around an edge of the main body; and at least a stacking substrate located between the leads of every two stacked integrated circuits, that is, between the second integrated circuits and the third integrated circuits, and between the third integrated circuits themselves, the stacked substrate including a plurality of second holes, a third surface, and a fourth surface, wherein each of the surfaces has a plurality of second terminals, and the stacking substrate includes a plurality of through vias electrically connected to the corresponding second terminals on the third surface and the fourth surface, the second terminals are also located corresponding to the leads positions, each of the second holes houses the main package body of one of two integrated circuits stacked on each other, with the leads thereof electrically connected to the respective terminals on the fourth surface, and another stacked integrated circuit mounted on the third surface with the leads electrically connected to the respective second terminals on the third surface.
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a plurality of third integrated circuits stacked on the second integrated circuits, each of the third integrated circuits at least having a main package body and a plurality of leads located around an edge of the main body; and at least a stacking substrate located between the leads of every two of the stacked integrated circuits, that is, between the second integrated circuits and the third integrated circuits, and between the third integrated circuits themselves, the stacking substrate including a plurality of second holes, a third surface, and a fourth surface, wherein each of the surfaces has a plurality of second terminals, and the stacking substrate also includes a plurality of through vias electrically connected to the corresponding second terminals on the third surface and the fourth surface, the second terminals also located corresponding to the leads positions, the second holes housing the main package body of one of the two integrated circuits stacked on each other, with each lead of the selected integrated circuit electrically connected to a respective terminal on the fourth surface, and another stacked integrated circuit is mounted on the third surface with each lead electrically connected to a respective second terminal of the third surface.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a stacked integrated circuit stacked structure. More particularly, the present invention relates to a stacked integrated circuit structure in which a substrate is employed as a stacking medium between the leads of the stacked integrated circuits.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In this information-centered world, integrated circuits are closely related to daily living. Commodities composed of integrated circuits are currently in use in all aspects of living. As electronic technique improves, electronic products having more powerful functions and that are more humanized are being manufactured. They all have the same design goal of being lightweight and small in size in order to provide comfortable usage. The mass production of 0.18 microns integrated circuits is currently achieved, and many other micro-packaging structures, for example, the chip scale package (CSP), the wafer level package, the multichip module (MCM), etc. have been developed successfully. In addition, the assembly technique for electronic elements also includes the high-density multi-level PCB, which allows IC packages to be arranged closer together on the PCB.
Therefore, stacked packaging structures are currently in development. By means of the packaging structure design, packaged ICs can be stacked on top of each other in a three-dimensional structure. A prior art stacked packaging structure is schematically shown in FIG. 1. Semiconductor dice 100a, 100b are connected to leadframes 104a, 104b by means of bonding wires 102, and enveloped by a molding compound 106, for example, epoxy, to form individual packages 108a, 108b, respectively. Differences in bending of outer leads of the leadframes 104a, 104b are employed to establish a three-dimensional stacked structure for the packages 108a, 108b as shown in FIG. 1.
Because direct connections between the leads are used in the stacked structure of prior art, the assembly process is not easy to control, Electrical shorts between the leads may occur due to deformations of the leads caused by external forces, especially for those products having high leads positions and small leads separations. Moreover, additional apparatus are required for the assembly of the prior art stacked structure for mass production.
Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to provide a stacked integrated circuit structure, which employs a substrate as a stacking medium between leads of stacked integrated circuits, whereby increasing the tightness of leads connections.
The second object of the present invention is to provide a stacked integrated circuit structure which does not require additional apparatus for mass production.
The third object of the present invention is to provide a stacked integrated circuit structure which is applicable to the memory module. Thus, the memory size can be increased but not the overall area. Hence, the assembly density is increased.
The fourth object of the present invention is to provide a stacked integrated circuit structure which makes the production and the assembly of the memory module easier.
The fifth object of the present invention is to provide a stacked integrated circuit structure, in which circuitry and electronic elements of the memory module can be directly mounted on the substrate used for stacking. Thus, the goal of manufacturing process integration can be accomplished.
To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, a stacked integrated circuit structure is described herein. A plurality of main package bodies of a plurality of integrated circuits are stacked on each other, with a stacking substrate aligned between leads of the stacked integrated circuits for connection means. Therein, each of two surfaces of the stacking substrate includes a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the corresponding leads. The stacking substrate also contains a plurality of through vias connecting the corresponding terminals on the two surfaces. For two integrated circuits stacked on each other, a hole can be defined in the stacking substrate to house a main package body of one of the integrated circuits, or by means of individually separated substrates arranged around a perimeter of a main package body of one of the integrated circuits, so that the thickness of the stacked integrated circuits is reduced.
While employing the stacked integrated circuit structure of the present invention to a memory module, a plurality of holes is defined on a substrate. A plurality of terminals is located on two surfaces of the substrate as well. A main package body of an integrated circuit is housed in each of the holes, with leads of the integrated circuit electrically connected to the terminals on a first surface of the substrate. An integrated circuit is stacked on a second surface corresponding to each of the hole positions, with leads connected to the corresponding terminals. In addition, a plurality of recesses is located on the first surface. A module circuit board includes traces, electronic elements, and golden fingers, which are electrically connected to each other. During the assembly process, the first surface of the stacking substrate faces the module circuit board for connections, with the electronic elements received in the recesses, and the terminals on the first surface electrically connected to the traces.
Another application to a memory module is the direct fabrication of traces on a substrate, with electronic elements directly inserted into the substrate and electrically connected to the traces. Connecting the whole stacked structure to a circuit board with golden fingers then forms a memory module.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present invention. In the drawings,
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Outer portions of the leads 206a, 202b are bent in a gull wing-type shape. Electrical connections between the leads 206a and 202b of the integrated circuits 222a and 222b, respectively, are established through a substrate 224. The substrate 224 consists of an insulating core layer 210, a conductive via 216 in the insulating core layer 210, and terminals 214a, 214b. Materials of the insulating core layer 210 include FR-4, FR-5, BT, etc. The conductive via 216 is fabricated by drilling and then filling with conductive filling materials, or electroplating a peripheral sidewall of the conductive via 216 with copper and then filling with insulating filling materials. The terminals 214a, 214b, usually made of copper are located on a first surface and a second surface of the substrate 224, respectively. Connections between the terminals 214a, 214b and the leads 206a, 202b are made by means of solder. Through the conductive via 216 the terminal 214a and the terminal 214b are electrically connected.
Furthermore, a thickness of the substrate 224 is designed to be almost the same as a thickness of a main package body 220b (that is, a molding portion) of the integrated circuit 222b, which is about 1.0-1.5 mm. Thus, the main package body 220b of the integrated circuit 222b is housed in a space 218 between the substrates 224. For a small outline package (SOP) the leads are only located at two parallel lateral edges of the package, and hence, the substrates 224 are two individual substrates, separately located adjacent to two lateral edges of the integrated circuit 222b with the leads 202b. For a quad flat package (QFP), in which the leads are located on all four sides of the package, the substrate 224 is a substrate with a hole (that is, the space 218). This allows the main package body 220b of the integrated circuit 222b to be housed inside the hole 218. The lead 202b of the integrated circuit 222b is connected to the terminal 214a on the first surface 212a of the substrate 224. The main package body 220a of the integrated circuit 222a is stacked on the main package body 220b of the integrated circuit 222b, with the lead 206a connected to the terminal 214b on the second surface 212b of the substrate 224. In addition, the integrated circuit packages described above are packaging structures with the die pads. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that LOC, COL, etc. structures can also be employed.
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Reference is made to FIG. 8. Although two integrated circuits are stacked on each other as an example of a stacked n integrated circuit structure as described above, the method described can also be employed to stack multiple integrated circuits as shown in FIG. 8. The feature is that connections between the leads of every two stacked integrated circuits are by means of a substrate. Moreover, the integrated circuits are housed inside the substrates so that the overall thickness of the stacked structure is not increased. As connections between the substrates and the leads of the integrated circuits are formed by means of a technique similar to SMT technique, the yield and the reliability of the products are relatively high and assembly is easy.
The stacked integrated circuit structure according to the present invention is very suitable for memory module application. Memory size can be increased without increasing overall area. Reference is made to
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The two preferred embodiments described above are both applicable to the single in-line memory module (SIMM), the dual in-line memory module (DIMM), the rambus in-line memory module (RIMM), etc. Although the structure similar to the one shown in
Based on the foregoing, the advantages of the present invention comprise:
1. In a stacked integrated circuit structure according to the present invention, a substrate is employed as a stacking medium between leads of integrated circuits. This can tightly secure the leads. Moreover, a technique similar to the SMT technique is made used to establish connections between the leads and the substrate. There no need for additional apparatus in mass production.
2. A stacked integrated circuit structure according to the present invention is applicable to a memory module, in which the memory size is increased but not the overall area. Hence, the densification of the assembly of the memory module is increased.
3. In a stacked integrated circuit structure according to the present invention, spacings between electronic elements, and recesses for receiving the electronic elements of a module for later assembly process can be considered and be reserved during the design period of the substrate. This makes the production and assembly of the memory module considerably easier.
4. In a stacked integrated circuit structure according to the present invention, circuitry and electronic elements of a memory module can be directly fabricated in the substrate used for stacking, and hence, the goal of manufacturing process integration is achieved.
While the present invention has been disclosed with reference to the preferred embodiments described above, it is not intended to limit the present invention in any way. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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